
Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks
- William Russell Kelly Professor of Business Administration
- Professor of Management and Organizations
- PhD University of Michigan 1999
- MA University of Michigan 1996
- BA California State University
- Northridge 1994
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Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks is a Behavioral Scientist and Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, where he co-directs the Leadership+Design Studio. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology with a minor in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Michigan. Previously, he was on the faculty at the University of Southern California and has had visiting appointments at universities in Singapore, France, Russia, and Turkey.
His research broadly focuses on social dynamics that shape strategic change and the design of human-centric innovations. Through this work, he has generated novel insights about how culture shapes work behavior, how context moderates social intelligence and emotional aperture, and approaches to facilitating mental bricolage that enable individuals to generate novel innovations using disparate knowledge they already possess. His research has been featured in the TED* series, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, and other international media outlets.
Professor Sanchez-Burks’ has taught leaders in over 30 countries around the world who work in sectors including technology, financial services, consulting, arts & entertainment, government intelligence, mobility, manufacturing, and healthcare.
Sanchez-Burks serves on the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. He is an elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and is a member of the Association for Psychological Science and the Academy of Management.
Sanchez-Burks was born in San Francisco, raised in Los Angeles, and lives in Ann Arbor.
Dr. Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks is a Professor of Management and Organizations at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a Faculty Associate at the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan with graduate training in Cultural Anthropology. Previously, he was on the faculty at the University of Southern California and has had visiting appointments at universities in Singapore, Turkey and Russia.
Professor Sanchez-Burks has published articles in several scholarly journals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organization Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Research in Organizational Behavior, and Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, TED*, National Public Radio, and several other international media outlets.
Sanchez-Burks serves on the editorial board of Organization Science, is an elected Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology, and is a member of the Association for Psychological Science, the International Society for Research on Emotion, and the Academy of Management.
Dr. Sanchez-Burks teaches Executive Education and serves as an Executive Coach for leaders in organizations across East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, the U.S., Turkey, Russia, Eastern and Western Europe. At the Ross school of business he teaches a popular MBA course on Negotiation in a global economy. Sanchez-Burks is also a musician and father of Sirennita, Diego and Gabriel.